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P. harmodius. cf and ? different. The spots on head, thorax and coxae ^yellowish white, o^: tore- 

 wing somewhat transparent a])ically, before the iiindmargin a white ai'ea of varialile extent, but never 

 reaching to the 3. radial; hindwing \\ith a band of red disoal spots. Beneath tiie eell of both wings streaked 

 with black, forewing with red costal basal spot, hindwing with 3 basal spots. In the V tlie hindwing siniilai' 

 to the cf, or the macular band white or yellow; the forewing either without spots, or with white cell-patch 

 and two large discal patches, (lolombia to Bolivia; a species of the Andes, very common in the eastern 

 valleys of Ecuador. Peru and Bolivia. Larva not known. — isus Obevth. (=: aristogiton S/gr.). o": the white isus. 

 area of the forewing large, extending from the hindmargin to the 2. median or beyond ; discal band composed 

 of 6 or 7 white-centred spots. ? not known. — Gauca Valley, Colombia. — halex //. <(■ -J. Forewing as /ia/e.\. 

 in the preceding subs[)ecies: hindwing with 5 red discal spots. ? on the forewing with white area from 

 the 3. radial to the 2. median and a small cell-spot; hindwing with 5 pale red discal spots. Colombia; in 

 Bogota-collections. — xeniades //'■"'. o': the white spot of the forewing very variable, always extending .veH/m/c.*;. 

 to the hindmargin of the wing, usually excised at tlie costal side, always small on the underside; hindwing • 

 with 3 — 5 discal spots, which are red above, rarely whitisii in the middle, and beneath always reddish 

 white with red tlistal margin. ¥: dichromatic: 2-f. androna R. d'- ./. (13d) with quite small grej- scaling nndrona. 

 in and behind the cell of the forewing and 5 red discal spots on the hindwing: the second form, ?-t. 

 Virginia Kirby , is very similar to the ? of P. crhurs lit<ijdef;, forewing with large white cell-spot and two Virginia. 

 large discal patches, band of the hindwiun' white with faint red margins. Xeiuadci occurs in Ecuador and 

 West Colombia. — imaus //. d" J. (14-a). Not constantly different from the ^"^ of the following subspec'.ies, imaus. 

 forewing above mostl\' with white streak at the hindmargin, beneath the white spot is usually smaller than 

 in harmodius Donbl. ? as the ?-f. inrginia, but the cell-spot narrowed anteriorly, the anterior discal spot 

 reduced and the band of the hindwiuii- yellow above, almost white beneath. Eastern slopes of the Andes 

 of North and Central Peru. — harmodius Doubl. (13 c). o" : forewing above and beneath always with large hannodms. 

 white spot, not tjuite reaching to the hindmargin. ?: the white cell-spot does not extend across the cell: 

 three discal spots, the 1. small, the "2. as long as the 3.; hindwing with red discal spots, larger than in 

 the cf. South-east Peru (from Ghanchamayo southwards) ami Bolivia. The cfcf common, of the ? only 

 I specimen known (in coll. Chaules Obeethuk). 



P. trapeza R. & J. (13c). Forewing narrower in the middle than in lianiiudiifs, the hindmargin trapeza. 

 shorter, a white spot at the hindmargin, not exteiuling to the 2. median: hindwing triangular, sharply dentate, 

 with 2 to 4 red spots from the hindmargin forwards, the posterior spot the largest. Beneath the white 

 hindmarginal spot of the forewing is longer than in all the forms of hannodiiis. ? unknown. — East Ecuador 

 and North-East Peru. 



P. xynias Heir. (13c). Forewing with large ])ale green area at the hinduuirgiu : hindwing acutely xynias. 

 dentate, with short, narrow tail and a few red discal spots posteriorly. Beneath the forewing has a wliite, 

 very faintly green hindmarginal spot, which is smaller than the spot on the ni)])er surface. No scent-scales. 

 ? not known. — Eastern slopes of the Andes of BoUvia and Peru. 



P. ariarathes. Another wiilely distributed and very variable species, which has more s])iny tibiae 

 and a narrower cell in the hindwing than the allied species. Spots on head and breast yellowish grey. 

 Forewing beneath with 2 red basal spots, the hindwing with 3. In the cf the forewing usually with grey- 

 white or yellowish band or area from the himhnargin forwards; hindwing with red discal spots, of which 

 often only the one placed at the abtlominal margin is distinct. ? almost always with white discal s])ots on 

 the forewing. Scent-scales of the o" pi'esent. Larva unknown. Colombia to Bolivia, distributed eastwards 

 to Para and Goyaz. The butterfly is individually and geographically variable; the ?? resemble the ?? of 

 Aristolochia-Papilios and adopt in the different districts their likewise variable dress. The forms all intei-- 

 grade, We differentiate (i geographical forms, whether correctly must be ascertained by further ivestigations 

 based on a larger material than we have seen. The butterlly according to Bates tlies with great rapidity 

 in sunny places near plantations; it is no rarity, but is not taken in great numbers. — ariarathes Esp. ariarathes. 

 (= acestes Bui.-<d } (14a). cT : forewing with large white spot from the hindmai'gin to the 2. median, almost 

 as large beneath as above: on the hindwing 4 to 6 se])arated discal spots, placed separate from one another 

 and from the cell. ? with 5 or 6 red discal spots on the hindwing, three long, extending nearly or quite 

 to the cell; in ?-f. ariarathes Kxp. the forewing has 1 to 3 white discal spots and often a narrow cell- 

 spot; in ?-f. eumelea R. <t' J. these white spots aie only indicated. French and Dutch Guiana. — menes ennwlea. 

 li. t€- J. cf : forewing with white band, extending from the hindmargin to the I. or 2. median, the posterior menes. 

 spot often small or absent, the spot before the 2. median 4 — 6 mm. long, also always present beneath: hind- 

 wing with 3 or 4 red spots midway between cell and margin. V with large discal spot from the 3. radial 

 to the 1. median and a smaller one behind it, sometimes also witli indication of spots before the 3. radial 

 and in the cell; 5 or 6 discal spots on the hindwing. remote from the cell. British Guiana. — evagoras evagoras. 

 Gnuj (13d). cf : forewing with narrow band, placed at the 3. i-adial about midway between cell and outer 

 margin or nearer to the cell: beneath the band is replaced b\- 2 or 3 distinct spots; discal spot of the 

 hindwing pjartly near to the cell, the band more curved than in the other forms. ^ with 3 white or yellowish 



